In Sesto Pusteria privacy does not exist.
In the small village of 1,900 souls in the heart of the Dolomites everyone knows everything;
now, however, it has become really difficult for the Sinners to have a normal life, even if their friends and fellow villagers shield them.
Confidentiality is in fact the watchword.
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The Russian was beaten 3-2 (3-6/3-6/6-4/6-4/6-3).
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Congratulations also from Djokovic.
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The bond between Jannik and his family is strong ("I wish all the children to have the freedom that my parents gave me"), but also calm, as evidenced by the tennis player himself who reports the phone call after the success in Melbourne (" they were with friends celebrating and I didn't want to disturb the party").
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In Monte Carlo it is much easier to avoid photographers and fans.
The building, in which Jannik lives, is off limits.
In Sesto, however, the Haus Sinner, the family's pension, is located right in the village and, as often in Alto Adige, is freely accessible from the road, without barriers or gates.
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At the latest, life has now also changed for father Hanspeter and mother Siglinde.
For many years, husband and wife worked side by side in the Fondovalle refuge in Val Fiscalina, he as a cook and she as a waitress.
Right there, in autumn 2019, they learned by telephone from ANSA that it had entered the top 100.
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"The ranking has never interested him, Jannik always says that first he has to learn to play tennis well", commented Hanspeter and went back to work.
Mission accomplished, one might say.
"The boy has remained one of us and his family is also very normal and down to earth. His parents have passed on to him the values that count in life", confirms mayor Thomas Summerer.
In these four years a lot has also changed for brother Mark.
Three years older than Jannik, he was adopted by the Sinner when he was a baby.
The two are very close and, when it happens, ski together.
Mark is an instructor at the firefighter school in Vilipiano, just outside Bolzano, where his brother paid him a short visit in January, to the happiness of everyone present.
Jannik willingly returns to Sesto, even for just a few days, and does not give up skiing.
He also loves to follow the football matches of his childhood friends as a simple spectator-fan.
Obviously it becomes increasingly difficult to move freely around the town, without being stopped by tourists.
The village now wants to embrace its superstar.
"We will organize a party when Jannik passes through Sesto, but we don't yet know when and how. We are in close contact with his family and staff", says the mayor.
Today the funeral of fellow villager Monika and her two children, who died in a head-on collision, took place, and in Sesto no one wants to overdo it with the celebrations.
“We still want to honor Jannik's incredible feat in some way,” Summerer emphasizes.
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